Fokker F.XVIII

what is it?

The Fokker F.XVIII was an airliner produced in the Netherlands in the early 1930s, essentially a scaled-up version of the Fokker F.XII intended for long-distance flights. Like its predecessor, it was a conventional high-wing cantilever monoplane with fixed tailwheel undercarriage. Its cabin could seat 12 passengers, or four-to-six on seats convertible to sleeping berths.

🔎How to recognise it: 3 piston engines with propellers · shoulder wing · 24.5 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 240 km/htop speed
• range 1,820 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 12passengers
• size 7,850 kgmax take-off weight
• built 5made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 94 years ago, in 1932.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 24.5 m: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 1,820 km: 10× Amsterdam to Brussels.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1932-06-30

number built

5

role

airliner

makers

Fokker

engines

3× Pratt & Whitney Wasp C / Wasp C

passengers

12

length

18.5 m

wingspan

24.5 m

max take-off weight

7,850 kg

top speed

240 km/h

range

1,820 km

ceiling

4,800 m

wings

shoulder wing

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.